vidvsvosConfusable pair

Quick tell: vid is a adjective, vos is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vid” is an adjective and “vos” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,076
“vid” frequency rank
#207
“vos” frequency rank
40283
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vid vos
Definition Vide. Qui sont à vous, qui vous appartiennent. Deuxième personne du pluriel. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets, ou un seul possesseur (forme de politesse) et plusieurs objets.

Letter map: vid vs vos

Shared letters muted; letters that set vid and vos apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
vid
3 ch
vos

Role in the sentence - vid and vos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vid is anadjective and vosadeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vid is recorded at frequency rank #40,076, classified as anadj. vos is at rank #207, tagged as adet, pronounced \vo\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40283, this pair ranks #241,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vid vs vos

Shared letters: v. Private to "vid": di. Private to "vos": os.

"vid" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "vos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vid" for "vos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vid" is an adjective and "vos" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vid" vs "vos" - which ranks higher?
"vos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #207 in our French list, against #40,076 for "vid". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "vid" vs "vos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #241,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vid" and "vos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vid vs viv". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #241,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list